Monday, March 31, 2014

I hope little Lydia gets many years of cuddling with her new quilt.The Week of March 24, 2014

(in review)

1. Continue to work on Ryder's Big Boy Bed quilt.

Here is the quilt with borders.I loaded it on Annie and began to quilt.

I didn't want to quilt over the applique so I quilted around them. Now I have bubbles on all the applique blocks. I'm so upset about this. I am tempted to remove all quilting (a daunting task) and just quilt it edge to edge. At least I would be sure there would be no bubbles. I would have to get new backing fabric since I have already trimmed it.

I wonder if I bound it and washed it, if the fabric would shrink enough to take up all the excess in the appliqued blocks? Unfortunately I preshrunk all the fabric so this is unlikely. I'm not sure what to do...I just know this has been too much work for me to be so disappointed with it. I want it to be just perfect for Ryder. Hopefully I will make the right decision on how to fix this mess.I thought when I took on this labor of love that it might be a little more than I was capable of...now I am sure of it.

2. Work on my teal batik Kwik Krazy Quilt.

I was able to finish 12 more blocks for a total of 48 out of 84 complete.

This week the lesson was just six practice paper-pieced blocks. Since I have done MANY paper-pieced blocks I opted not to make the practice blocks.4. Prepare backings and bindings for my two Flag of Valor quilts.The backings and bindings have been prepared and these two quilts have been added to my Git-R-Done list.